The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-03

The tug Of fwar-dragging the artillery
A bookmaker is not always publish
er.
Ex-senator Jones, of Florida. is on the
insane list.
Yale won the football match and
Hanlon lost the boat race.
The turkeys that escaped slaughter at
Thanksgiving are only reprieyed TIL
| Christmas.
NJ. Goblet was offered the premiership
of France. What il the matter with
Saussierl
Mr.. Barnum places the loss by the
burning Of his circus at 100000. Mr..
Bailey estimates the loss at 100000.
Mr., Barnum can give his partner many
good points on advertising.
A messenger boys diary-Monday,
hired Tuesday, tired; Wednesday, fired.
Newark Sunday Call
"Will you register" politely asked the
hotel clerk OF an arrival from Rusticyille
"No, registered last week, 80 i could
vote at the next appropriation meetings
got, to keep down the taxes up our way,
mister
Yellow fever has quit Florida and the
state is now at the mercy Of the Northern
tourist.
A fond mother was overheard in one OF
the large dry goods stores on Westmin"
ster street last Saturday talking thusly
10 n little boy who had evidently been
clinging to her skirts to keep from being
lost in the crowd: "Johnny, if you don't
stop hanging on TO my hustle l will
spank you when we get home"
A Western man recently said he would
prefer n good name TO II corner lot in
Kansas City.
Bath, Maine, has no Anarchists, on
hearing the name Of the city they always
tarry outside the gates.
Herr Most il now at home behind the
bars. instead of in front Of them.
The Bridgeport woman who drove
Barnum's lion with n fence slat is her
oine TO be compared with the Revolu-
tionary dame who frightened on Brit
ish man war with II fish horn.
If Pulitzer and Dana ever get to llea-
ven IAN unlikely contingency it will
take seven lcgions of angels To keep
them from calling each other pet names.
The latest "fad" is the interest at
tachcd 30 the finding of an old button
shoe. We are told with great SINGER
ity that n young girl on finding one
would count the buttons remaining on
it she would BE- able TO tell exactly tho
number of years which would olapso
before her marriage, each button repro
scnting one year. II is looked upon as
great piece of misfortune (by the
crcdulous) TO find shoe minus but
tons.
The want Of accuracy in shooting,
owing to the imperfect construction Of
the cannon in early times, is well illus
tratcd by the fact that in 1912. ut the
battle of Salamanca, $500, 900 car
tridgos and 5000 cannon balls were
fired, with the result of only 5000 men
being put hors do combat. And ~ late
"a 1857. during the Kailir war, 800
cartridges were fired in single engage
mcnt in which only twenty-five of the
enemy were killed.
From all accounts of the "slvcr
snake of Honduras il most resembles
quicksilver in its movements. One
traveller tells of n specimen four inches
long and about the size of fence wire
which it was impossible TO hold when
taken in the hands. Tho statement is
repeated, which is ,aid To bc made on
good authority. that fowl often eat
these snakes and shortly after can
have the pleasure of doing So again, rs
in few minutes one will wigglc
through the alimcntary camel and can
perform the feat many times without
tiinU